The 1000-Calorie Saver
Quote #30
“Special K Cereal being marketed as a healthy cereal. That’s nonsense.” – Johnny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., author of The 150 Healthiest Foods: The Surprising Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why
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Recipe #30 – Veggie Spaghetti
Q: When is spaghetti a vegetable?
A: When it’s a spaghetti squash!
We all know that we will have less body fat, better health, and more energy with fewer processed carbs in our lives. The spaghetti squash offers a way to improve your physique and eat a yummy old favorite at the same time.
Try this as a side dish with your favorite protein, or add ground turkey, beef, or imitation meat to the sauce for a complete meal. Click here for the recipe.
The 1000 Calorie Saver
At restaurants, it’s easy to unknowingly eat over 1500 or even 2000 calories per meal. Yikes! That’s a full day’s worth of calories in one dinner:
Pre-dinner bread & butter = 200 calories
Pre-dinner cocktail = 150 calories
Appetizer = This could be a 500-1500 calorie bomb on its own!
Steak = 300-500 calories
Potato = 150-300 calories
Vegetable = 100 calories
Dinner Drink = 150 calories
Dessert = 300-750 calories
After Dinner Drink = 150 calories
And that’s even if you control yourself. If you go on a rampage, you could be looking at 2500 or even 3000 calories in one sitting! Those numbers are scary. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid this dietary nightmare while dining out. Here are 5 rules that can cut 1000 calories from your dining-out experience:
1) Plan ahead and avoid restaurants that offer huge portions.
2) Skip the bread. It won’t stop you from eating your full meal anyway, so just send it back.
3) No booze or liquid calories of any type.
4) No potatoes. Stick to proteins and vegetables.
5) Reward yourself with only the tiniest bit of dessert, if at all.
It’s all about taking responsibility for your choices and, yes, choosing between the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. What’s your choice?
For more diet and exercise tips click here.
-Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training